Taiwan in threat as 16 Chinese warplanes enter its Air Defense Identification Zone

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense on Sunday, vember 7, anunced that 16 Chinese fighter jets h entered country's Air Defense Identification Zone (IZ) day before, Deutsche Welle reported.  number of aircraft launched into  air defense zone is highest since early October when People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent roughly 150 warplanes into zone in five different drills. IZ is designated air for national security purposes, but it is t defined in international treaties. Taiwanese authorities reserve right to require aircraft entering IZ to identify mselves and ir intended destination.

IZ stretches hundreds of kilometres from Taiwan's shore and even extends into sections of mainland China. It is far larger than Taiwan's sovereign air , which reaches only 12 nautical miles from coast. Although China has flown a number of aircraft into IZ on a regular basis in recent weeks, warplanes have t entered Taiwan's sovereign air. On Saturday, ministry claimed it gave rio alerts and used air defence systems to monitor aircraft. jets entered IZ off Taiwan's southwestern coast, similar to prior invasions. 

Earlier that day, on October 31st, Chinese warplanes flew into island nation's Air Defence Identification Zone (IZ). According to Taiwan News, Beijing dispatched at least six People's Liberation Army (PLA) Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, one KJ-500, and a Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane that entered IZ (MND). This was China's sixth incursion in October.

Chinese flights inside IZ on Saturday came a day after a three-day visit to Taipei by a European Parliament group. seven members of parliament's committee on foreign intervention in democratic processes paid a visit last week in response to a resolution passed last month calling for body to "intensify EU-Taiwan political relations." EU lawmakers said visit was t intended to provoke China, which considers self-governing Taiwan to be part of its territory and views any attempt to strengn bilateral ties between Western nations and ministration in Taipei as a provocation, AP reported.

PLA is utilising AI to mimic war games for invasion operations against Taiwan

According to a report by Georgetown University's Centre for Security and Emerging Techlogy (CSET), PLA is utilising Artificial Intelligence (AI) to mimic war games for invasion operations against Taiwan. According to paper, China will continue to invest in AI in order to disrupt US military information systems, as well as to erode US superiority in undersea warfare. paper, titled 'Harnessed Lightning: How Chinese Military is opting Artificial Intelligence,' claims to have analysed roughly 350 AI partnerships between Chinese troops and state-owned defence firms with goal of implementing AI by 2020.

(With inputs from ncies)

Im: AP